Asia
Pacific healthcare expenditure to see almost double digit growth for the next
six years
SINGAPORE, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Singapore healthcare expenditure market
was worth US$ 11.7 billion in 2012 and will grow to US$ 22.3 billion by 2018,
which represents a CAGR of 11.4% from 2012 to 2018.
The growth of the Singapore healthcare market
will also set the increment in healthcare workforce such as doctors, nurses,
dentists, pharmacists and allied health professionals by 50%, that is, 20,000
by 2020.
The Asia Pacific healthcare market was worth
US$ 369.9 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach US$ 752 billion in 2018,
growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.8% while global growth
rates continue at less than 6% during the same period.
Rhenu Bhuller, Vice President, Healthcare,
Asia Pacific, Frost & Sullivan said, "Healthcare expenditure continues
to experience growth as rising patient demands for better healthcare will
result in healthcare reforms in Asia Pacific. Increasing urbanization is
accompanied with growing consumer awareness and an expanding middle class,
progressively skewing population density. This all translates to an increased
demand for improved healthcare services."
She continued, "The increasing life
expectancy in the region will also result in more elderly requiring long-term
care. Asia Pacific will consist of over 2.3 billion people above 65 years of
age and the average percentage of people above 65 will rise from 9.8% in 2013
to 11% in 2018 across the region. 68.5% of people will be in the working age of
15-64 years."
Private
Hospital Sector Set for Growth in APAC
About 180 million new hospital beds will be
needed over the next decade to meet the rising healthcare demand in Asia
Pacific; more than 40% of that is expected to come from the private sector.
Favourable government policies, increasing disposable income and changing
demographics will drive growth in private hospitals. Private hospital revenue
in Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.1% from 2012 to 2018.
China leads the demand as currently only 6.8%
of all beds are in private hospitals and the China government has plans to
increase it to 20% by 2015 and it would create a need for about 400,000 new
private hospital beds per year.
Healthcare IT Presents a Highly Competitive
Market
APAC has traditionally been a laggard in
implementing technology in healthcare and this trend will continue into 2013.
The revenue forecast for Healthcare IT in Asia Pacific is looked to reach at a
CAGR of 13.1% from 2012 to 2018. Large scale implementations will generate
better returns on investment for both healthcare providers and technology
vendors.
The most formidable challenge is around
interoperability arising from the lack of uniform standards, protocols, data
definitions and data sharing laws across APAC countries. Budget constraints
also hamper adoption.
Growth Opportunities in Top 5 Sectors
- Medical Tourism
Driven by rising affluence and increasing demand
of quality healthcare, Medical Tourism will be one of the top growth sectors in
Asia Pacific in the short to medium term.
- Day Care Surgery /
Healthcare Centre
Day Care Centre is a medical service entity
which performs medical and surgical procedures on patients within a day. Day
Care Centre is a lucrative business option which requires lesser investment and
offers better profitability.
- Specialty Hospitals
Due to increasing lifestyle diseases, such as
diabetes and CHD, Asia will be a big market place for specialty hospitals.
- Private Medical
Insurance
Increasing cost of healthcare coupled with
existing low penetration rates of public insurance will create a big market for
private insurance companies.
- Healthcare IT
In order to remain competitive by increasing
operational efficiency, clinical outcomes and financial profitability, private
and public hospitals will invest extensively in installing, maintaining and
upgrading Healthcare IT.
Frost & Sullivan
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